13 Feb Giovanni’s Superfan Sidebar 01/22/2016 – Crispin Glover and Jeff Abraham
A real time blog where Superfan Giovanni does recap and commentary on the show as it happens and opines on all things ACS
Guest – Crispin Glover and Jeff Abraham
Recorded 01-21-2016 – Release Date 01-22-2016
Production Number #1741
Adam has a standard intro and talks about the 1800 seat theater in Seattle, they were misinformed, Gina Grad is a bit sick but she’ll pull through.
Adam want’s Gary to bust out the Vicks and his muff, BB has a great Russell Williams #TopDrop, Adam talks about being in Vegas yesterday after joking with BB a bit.
Adam shares a picture of the guy waiting for Adam with his tablet, his name misspelled of course, Adam wants to know why the chauffer can’t look up his name or perhaps the service who employs him.
Gary says the guy was very confused when he took the photo of the misspelled name, Adam says they can rule out the knowledge that they know how to spell Adam’s name, with that springboard, why not look it up.
BB talks about being of the age where mistakes and misspelling would be solved by the internet, Adam wonders if people are dialing down their brainpower instead of using the internet to rise above their organic limitations.
BB and Gina talk about microfiche and Adam brings up how he enjoys when Gary or Matt get to witness the confusing conversations with Mike August.
Adam shares how August wanted to test the water/coffee bin for airport security, Adam has a funny sparkletts bottle comment.
Adam shares how he proved to Mike that it was not a rule, he comments on how aunt Esther gave him the “Git” and how you can’t refuse TSA when it’s a real rule, he’s now yelling at Mike August, “You do know!”
BB asks what happened after this discussion, he’s got a funny “when I’m wrong, I’m wrong” with a great laugh from the booth.
Adam is now asking about a possible harbinger for doom and failure, he talks about doing these live shows and how all guests start off by not speaking into the microphone, he comments on Ray being the biggest offender.
Ace On the House Live In Las Vegas 2016
Adam talks about his thinking on why people won’t talk into the microphone provided to amplify their voice, Gina says it’s shyness and Adam is now considering that argument.
Adam is telling them about Ray playing ‘F, Marry, Kill’ with the women at the airport, Adam comments on the poor old guy he felt bad for that Ray was picking on, reading a newspaper.
Adam shares where he’s at in general, he says in days of yore there would be a 1-2yr span of conversations, Adam says Ray can only remember for 31 seconds.
Adam talks about training Boxing and trying to keep people’s hands up while they throw punches.
Adam is killing this description of how he’d end up yelling at his students, Adam talks about having to even do this for Nate Adams while they were doing press for the Newman doc.
Adam talks about embarrassment mode and asks why people repeat this, BB brings up his wife’s father and his wedding speech.
Adam says Ray was holding his mic like he was holding his dick, BB has a funny “ear” comment and Adam says all losers are a little bit passive aggressive, commenting on Ray possibly doing this to fuck with Adam as suggested by Gina.
Adam brings up the way losers measure the benefit to them vs. how much they can fuck you up, he says that’s the mark of the loser.
Adam says it’s why Ray likes to yell at people like the guy reading the paper, Adam says he was looking dapper and Ray was not, for that little exchange Ray gets to be the boss, if you’re satiated by that that’s what makes you fail in life.
Gina is telling them about moving to The South Bay and how the management forced them to move in early, the unit is not “move in ready” and she wants to know if she should say something about it.
Adam says as long as you have a check then you have a certain amount to power, while acknowledging the landlords position as well.
Adam talks about not gay 51-year-old Jim the landlord with the full set of braces.
Crispin is making his ACS debut, he did guest on the KLSX Adam Carolla Show on December 7th 2006 and then again on December 6th 2007, he may have also guested on the MTV Loveline show but it’s uncertain.
Adam is doing a Tax Act Live Read
Adam has Matt on mic to recap the mixed up emails from the airline, he talks about the way you feed someone a Buick, one morsel at a time, ground up into bits like they dole out these flight delays.
Adam is talking about the flight restrictions and the uncertainty they had about flying into Burbank at midnight.
Adam shares their efforts to get a rental car, Adam says he had Matt call Southwest and he comments on their standard “will call you back” system when their call centers are overwhelmed.
Gary is talking but his mic seems to be off, BB comments on it.
Adam is talking about the terrible music in the bar, BB has a funny mixup and Adam asks him if he’s seriously asking that question.
Adam is describing the horrible music being played in the bar, he comments on how Southwest then put Matt on hold for 30min after calling them back, a huge no-no.
Adam is talking to Matt about their wait for a replacement aircraft, Adam talks about waiting for the people who stand in line for over an hour, Adam waited in the seats.
He wants to know why they are standing when they have assigned seats or an assigned spot in line, he comments on the superstitions way people stand in queue and Adam comments on their much more relaxed wait seated in chairs.
Adam shares how a guy let him cut in front of him, Adam jokes about telling the guy he’s not better than him and then saying he is.
Gary tells them about Ray showing them a picture of his dick to everyone in the car ride home, Adam refused to look at the pic and Ray screamed at him, Hilarious recap from Gary.
Adam is doing a Stamps.com Live Read
Adam comments on the confusion about the drop off and the limo company, he makes a point about humans who claim to want something then act as if they don’t really care that much.
Adam comments on the theater owner and his lackadaisical attitude or in this case the people calling them outside the event center, and the car company that made them wait extra time as well.
Adam is talking about classy cowboy boots, the exotic ostrich skin seats like in limousines, material never used for sofas, not that comfy.
Gina says the misspelled name was the first tip off to a bad weakened of stilted production, Adam talks about the seat being slid/set all the way forward when he picked up his car at the airport and how he almost withheld the tip, but it was a different guy who did it, not the guy who dropped it off outside the valet.
Adam is talking about the positive of them being able to get back and forth to and from Vegas in one day, he’s commenting on how he’s ok with mechanical issues as long as it’s not caused by some dumb human or staffing issue.
Gina thankfully tackles the “you need to make this right” attitude most travelers now express about weather impacting their travel plans.
Adam is doing a Blue Apron Live Read
BB says they have a vegetarian and vegan menu edition
Adam welcomes Jeff Abraham back to the show, he flew in from Vegas last night, he was on an earlier plane.
Adam talks about how he doomed them by asking about an earlier flight that was just a bit too early for them to make.
Jeff shares his own plane gripes, Adam is getting into some cock talk and he mentions Ron Jeremy and his long hair and instance on hugging it out after a show, the greasy forearm and manly musk sported by Ron.
Adam comments on how chatty Ron is and mentions his Jewish heritage, Adam is sharing how sometimes he’s not feeling it and not into being chatty, he comments on spotting Ron Jeremy at the airport and telling Mike August to slow down to dodge him.
Adam says he made a commitment to something he shouldn’t have made a commitment to and explains how he was trying to make sure not to say hi to Ron Jeremy that day.
Adam is sharing how he and Mike August allowed everyone to deplane and Ron Jeremy waited the whole time they waited.
Gary says Adam was so intently staring at his phone that he immediately texted Gary back.
Adam is sharing how Ron made a trip back and almost saw them, the flight attendants were on the squawk box and Ron ran out of things to do.
Gina asks why he did that, Adam shares how they theorized he was tipped off about Adam’s presence by a superfan, he says it might have been the hot chick move and Jeff suggests he was trying to make Adam walk past him.
Adam shares how he wasn’t in the right mood, Adam comments on sweaty palms and greasy hair, Gina comments on how the superfan even got bored by Ron and left, she says he fell asleep while there visiting last time he was in studio, with Dennis Hof.
Jeff shares a great anecdote of Ron and Adam says he’s a great guy and jokes about Peter North dodging him at the airport, Adam is now talking about personal relationships and jokes about Ron sharing women, he quotes and references Mike August.
Jeff is referencing ‘There’s Something About Mary’ and talking about the male wiring, Adam is sharing how unique this issue is and uses human physiology to make a point, he brings up the guys he knows who would wear sweatpants to strip clubs and cum in their pants 3 times during one lap dance.
Adam says he’s getting more bang for his strip club buck, Adam has a funny one liner and BB gets in the mix.
BB asks about porn stars who might use Promescent, he says there are many actors, musicians, athletes and porn stars too.
Adam is sharing how he’s involved with the company and how he believes it, whether you’re putting it in your mouth or rubbing it on your dick or rubbing it on your dick and then putting it in your mouth, just read the reviews and comments on the rating on Amazon.
Q and Ace
1st Caller Mark, he wants to know how man showers Adam has taken this year so far, he asks BB how man Heisman trophies he’s won.
Adam says no showers since a week before the first, maybe 9 days.
Adam says he took a steam bath since, BB comments on the way a steam room can clean you out.
Adam shares how he always asks about a steam room, Adam shares how he walked into the steam room ready to strip down to be nude, it was a bathing suit steam room and he has to head back and change while avoiding the gaze of tourists through the looking glass.
They head to break
They’re back from break
They play a listener voicemail that references Gina Grad, he tells them about a therapy dog aboard sticker and shares his take on the driver.
Adam welcomes Crispin to the show and gives out some plugs, he brings up the old radio show visits where he promoted his two films.
Crispin shares his books that are narrated as part of the show/even around the movies he screens.
Crispin talks about acting with his father for the first time and moving to Los Angeles as a kid with his actor parents who stayed married for a long time, very unusual.
Adam asks if he has a brother named Todd Glover who drives a bus and is a loser, nope only child.
Adam is asking Crispin about his eccentric label, he shares how the media likes to label and file you away and how he accepts that label due to his mathematic connotations.
Crispin thinks Orson Welles could have self-financed his own work in this era, he tells them about acting and how he rarely auditions even though he is willing and really enjoys it.
Crispin tell them about a director who made his first movie with money made form Bitcoin, Adam shares how he never got a chance to see the movie.
Adam praises the film ‘Aimy in a Cage’ and says he watched the trailer, but thinks it looks good.
Adam is talking about Crispin’s work and life, he’s 51 and looks brand new, 33years of employment in his chosen craft, following his bliss.
Adam is talking about considering yourself lucky, Adam says he considers himself lucky and how luck ruins things, like motivation and getting up and feeling ready to tackle the work ahead.
Adam shares how this technology wouldn’t have been around 50 years ago, he’s lucky to be alive today and in this age, he comments on the earth’s calendar and the luckiest period of time being now and how we’re hell bent on raping and killing each other instead of taking a moment and appreciating the cosmic coincidence we’re all here together, right now.
Crispin agrees and says he’s not perfect he gets into petty arguments and regrets it, he tells them about his first film with the actors who have Downs Syndrome and the greater meaning of the film.
Crispin is making lots of sense and great points about his philosophy and how people reacted to his first movie that can cause people to get upset, he says that people are more accepting of it now and react differently due to the internet.
Adam talks about Crispin and his car guy enthusiasm, he tells them about his old Bentleys and comments on one now worth 325k, he bought it for just 25k.
Adam jokes about him being into DeLorean’s.
Adam talks about the universal standard for automotive engineering, he thinks the internet is now doing that to us a people, breaking down barriers and borders.
Crispin says that it’s much easier for things to be pierced through and he asked him if he has a religion, he was raised with no religion and he like Adam has nothing to cling to.
Crispin is talking about organized religion and how it’s used to control people, Gina asks if they were separated at birth.
Crispin is telling them about his father who was raised Swedish Methodist and he explains how strict and overbearing that was for him and why he chose to raise his son away from that faith.
Adam mentions ‘Gunsmoke’ and Crispin says he was on set there at 6yrs old, wow!
Adam says in the future it will be shows like ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ that kids visited their parents on set for.
Crispin is telling them about his father and their film work together, he transitions to his film he’s promoting now and the writer of that film who has cerebral palsy and quickly recaps his powerful life story.
Crispin is on fire; Adam wants to ask him about his personal life but moves onto a live read first.
Adam is doing a Tommy John Live Read
Adam jokes about deducting 5+lbs of weight due to underwear while on the scale, after observing the very lightweight stats for Tommy John Wear Edition.
Adam asks Crispin about his closest experience with marriage, not even close, he tells them about his several girlfriends after Adam leaves it open about his possible preference/orientation.
Adam asks Crispin about being a parent and he Crispin says he’s not sure he’ll ever get married or have kids, he says he’s careful about that and explains his intense schedule.
Adam warns him that anyone he shits a kid out with ends up with half the Bentley, he talks about the realities of community property and the dissolution of love and interpersonal relationships over time.
Adam is talking about the whole Divorce industry, ala ‘Divorce Corp’ and now Adam is getting even heavier with Crispin who reveals his father offered him 50k to give him a grandchild.
Crispin shares what his mother told him about having kids, Adam says he would need half of the 50k up front and the other half in escrow.
BB shares an all-time favorite movie lines and brings up the 2003 movie ‘Willard’ Adam saw the original not this version, BB quotes his line “Start Over? I’m almost done!” and Crispin recalls the film and the script very briefly.
Gina’s News
Stuffy Nose Edition
1st Story is on Sarah Palin’s nonsense speech where she blamed President Obama a for her son’s domestic violence conviction and abusive behavior/actions.
They play a clip, Adam says that when Palin was giving the Trump speech she sounded like a crazy person and he observes she’s ramped it up to 11, BB is now weighing in and Gina has some great observations too.
Adam is loving the presidential race so far, they all theorize weather or not Trump would run with Palin as his VP candidate, Gary tells them she’s making 250k at Fox News and has taken a huge pay cut.
Adam says the bloom is off the Sarah Palin rose, Gina has a solid follow up about her college education.
2nd Story is on Will Smith speaking on the Oscars boycott, addressing how he’s only lost Academy Awards to black men in his nomination history.
Adam address the clip that Gina set up and they played, Adam is sharing how a black guy asked Mike August for a water and how Adam was quietly hoping he would find one as the person wouldn’t then think they were hoarding water from black people.
Crispin talks about the Academy of Motion Pictures and goes hard on what they started out, a propaganda machine.
Crispin is telling them about his book on Propaganda, Adam has a great “What? you’re writing a book!?” sarcastic reply.
Adam brings up the academy award nominations and presses Crispin if it’s race based, he talks about the more important corporate funding and messages that are only in the interest of the corporate machines.
Adam says poor Will has to go home to Jada and put up with that every night.
BB brings up ’12 Years a Slave’ and the possible coincidental factor of this year of nominations.
3rd Story is on Stacey Dash commenting on the Oscars boycott, Adam has a funny seasoning one liner.
Adam agrees with her and Adam comments on the experiment of celebrating cultures with holidays and parades, Adam says he’s not going to set himself on fire but this would be a weird thing to talk to an alien about, then having to explain black colleges, black channels, black award shows.
Gina has a counterpoint about white people receiving BET awards, she asks Adam if this is a relic from a different era, Adam addresses the simultaneous and conflicting messages about race and culture, he brings up FUBU and then people who use their Italian heritage or being from Brooklyn to base their identity around.
Adam says don’t do that with gender either, don’t hang a title on yourself, it’s not productive.
Crispin asks if Adam read the book ‘Sex at Dawn’ and Adam says no immediately before he says the title, great Ace Awards 2016 worthy exchange.
Crispin recaps the book and shares a solid bit of logic about primal impulses to cooperate to avoid being excommunicated and he works corporate interests and propaganda into this, wow!
Adam asks him if he wants a BET award or not, he’s ok with it, Adam asks him about all black colleges and gets to some of his own corporate interests.
Adam is doing a Life Lock Live Read
Adam bought some more curtains online, sweet, sweet velvety curtains edition
BB comments on Crispin’s wool suit and Crispin says he’s not educated enough to talk about black colleges.
BB corrects himself on the year ’12 Year a Slave’ was released.
4th Story is on a recent survey of college students that revealed and how many students’/today’s youth thought Judge Judy was on the supreme court.
Adam is giving his take and Gina shares her own logic about the results.
Adam comments on the lack of historical awareness of even players in the NFL, BB and Adam talks about Mike Ditka and his playing days being a mystery to his players when he coached, Adam brings up Cris Collinsworth and his 99yrd touchdown pass.
Gina wraps the news.
Adam is doing a Texture.com Live Read
Adam is gives out the live dates and closing plugs, he wraps with Crispin’s plugs last, Crispin spells his middle name for the gang and gives out his twitter handle.
BB plays a drop of Crispin saying “I’m eccentric.”